Q. Can you comment on the match, how
was it, how do you feel?
MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS: Well,
it was a strange match. It was extremely windy out there on Center Court.
The wind wasn't sort of blowing one way, swirling around, balls moving
around a lot. And it was just hard to play out there. But,
I am just -- I played I think good enough. Not as well as I'd
like to, but just happy to get through. Obviously, I didn't want
to win it that way. I would have liked to have played the whole match.
Q. Did he show any indication that he
was hurt earlier on?
MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS: I thought
he was serving pretty good actually. I had no indication. Before
you play matches, he was getting his arm warmed up, he was getting a massage
on it. But a lot of people do that to get it warmed up. I do
it
Q. That first set was reasonably tight.
Was there enough in that set to give you an idea as to how your game
is going?
MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS: , too.
But I didn't know that it was that bad. Well, I mean, like I
said, it is always difficult to play great when it is that windy. You sort
of just want to get by. Not make too many unforced errors.
I thought I served rather well as windy as it was, got a high percentage
of -- got enough first serves in. But, you know, you got to move your feet
a lot more. I was trying to come to the net. But I think I
was trying too hard and ushing a bit and missing some approaches.
Q. At this stage of the tournament would
you have rather have had a long match or take it anyway you can?
MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS:
You know, you take it anyway you can. I think I am going to
play until I think, Saturday, I don't know, my third round, but I play
mixed doubles tomorrow which is good keep going with match play, have some
fun, work on some things out there. So just take it a day at a time.
Q. Things going along this year as planned?
MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS: Yeah,
I mean, things are great at the moment. My dad is here with me.
I am feeling comfortable on the court, having fun on the practice court.
Feeling confident in my matches. I know what I am capable of doing
and how far I can go in this tournament. So, I am just keeping
my head down and let my tennis do the talking.
Q. How does it feel yesterday in the
doubles when you had all those people there, quite a large crowd?
MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS: That
was great doubles. We are playing against Korda and Reneberg, a great
doubles team. That was really tough doubles. Great one for
people to watch. We played good together. We combine as a team.
We are getting better. We enjoy playing out there and it definitely
helps our singles by playing doubles.